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    The surname Cantley

    A surname, carried by 1,534 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C534

    Cantley: #18,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cantley #18,144, 1,534 people Cantley: #18,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cantley #18,144, 1,534 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cantley is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,534 people named Cantley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,268 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,545.

    #18,144
    rank among US surnames
    1,534
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #16,972)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,137Hulin1,535201,137
    #18,144McGirt1,534201,268

    Who is named Cantley

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Cantley identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cantley

    Cantley has the Soundex code C534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C534.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cantley?
    1,534 people in the United States had the surname Cantley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,268 Americans. It ranked 18,144th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cantley?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Cantley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cantley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,534 in 2010, down 0.7%.